CRUMPLE in a Sentence
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46 example sentences for CRUMPLE, such as:
1. He crumpled the contract into a ball.
2. The front of the car crumpled on impact.
3. Holmes held up a crumpled branch of flowering gorse.
4. He took it and crumpled it into a beak over his nose.
5. He crumpled up the letter and flung it into the fire.
2. The front of the car crumpled on impact.
3. Holmes held up a crumpled branch of flowering gorse.
4. He took it and crumpled it into a beak over his nose.
5. He crumpled up the letter and flung it into the fire.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CRUMPLE
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crumple
v. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
v. fall apart
Classic Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
1 The crumple of her waist at the back, as she bent back to look, was a little weary; and it used to be so gay-looking.
2 Once upon a time I taught school in the hills of Tennessee, where the broad dark vale of the Mississippi begins to roll and crumple to greet the Alleghanies.
3 He crumpled the paper up and said nothing to his daughter, but the incident struck a chill into his heart.
4 Then Mr. Oliver crumpled the paper which he had cocked into a snout and appeared in person.
5 He took it and crumpled it into a beak over his nose.
6 Giles crumpled the newspaper and turned out the light.
7 Poole felt in his pocket and handed out a crumpled note, which the lawyer, bending nearer to the candle, carefully examined.
8 The young man took from his waistcoat a crumpled envelope, and turning to the table he shook out upon it five little dried orange pips.
9 He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown, a pipe-rack within his reach upon the right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studied, near at hand.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
10 From within he produced a crumpled piece of paper, an old-fashioned brass key, a peg of wood with a ball of string attached to it, and three rusty old disks of metal.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
11 He opened one of his hands, and looked at a note crumpled up in his palm.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
12 Holmes held up a crumpled branch of flowering gorse.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
13 She was smaller and thinner than Lily Bart, with a restless pliability of pose, as if she could have been crumpled up and run through a ring, like the sinuous draperies she affected.
14 He filled the grease-cups, varnished a fender, removed from beneath the back seat the debris of gloves, copper washers, crumpled maps, dust, and greasy rags.
15 He glanced across the reeds reflected on the water, the quiver of wavelets like crumpled tinfoil, the distant shores patched with dark woods, silvery oats and deep yellow wheat.
Example Sentence:
1 It's weird watching your leg to crumple in directions it's not natural to go in.
2 She crumpled the letter up into a ball and threw it on the fire.
3 He crumpled the contract into a ball.
4 He crumpled up the letter and flung it into the fire.
5 The front of the car crumpled on impact.
6 Dan tore the page out, crumpled it, and threw it in the wastepaper basket.
7 Hard-working even by the standards of big name chief executives, he claimed that his customary garb of a crumpled black sweater saved him wasting time choosing a suit.
8 During a severe earthquake, each beam will absorb the shock by crumpling, thereby preventing serious damage to the tower.